An astronaut has shown how you drink a cup of coffee — in space. NASA spaceman Don Pettit demonstrated the tricky task of sipping from a special mug in microgravity on the International Space ...

That cup — called a capillary cup — is an experimental "space cup" designed specifically for use in zero gravity, so astronauts can drink freely from an open container just like they would on ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit, an energetic tinkerer and photographer, used his off-duty time on the International Space Station ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit invented his very own Zero-G cup so that he can drink in space without using a bag and a straw. He demonstrated the invention in a video where he filmed himself enjoying ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit designed the Capillary Cup to drink coffee without a bag and straw aboard the International Space Station. ABC News. Astronaut drinks coffee in zero gravity using ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit found himself longing for the rich aroma of his morning brew aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and decided to take matters into his own hands. Unlike on Earth, ...

Astronaut Don Pettit helped invent the cup during his tenure on the space station. He shares the patent, granted in 2011, with physicist Mark Weislogel and two mathematicians, ...

The Capillary Cup is a zero-gravity cup designed by NASA astronaut Donald Pettit on the International Space Station. The product is an open drinking cup designed to be used in a microgravity ...

Supposedly, astronauts use a Zero-G cup, or capillary cup, to guide the coffee liquid from the cup’s base to their lips to sip it as if they were on Earth. “We take gravity for granted.

Astronauts have been using a device known as the Fisher Space Pen since 1968. This pen was specially designed to work in zero-gravity environments by using pressurized nitrogen to expel ink.

Longtime NASA astronaut Don Pettit, who has ventured to space four times, returned to Earth on Saturday night from the International Space Station. Pettit, who turned 70 on Sunday, landed at 9:20 ...